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Actors: Boris Karloff, Tim O'Kelly, Arthur Peterson, Monte Landis, Peter Bogdanovich
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Targets |
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TARGETS is the first film of Peter Bogdanovich he wrote and directed in 1967.
Bobby Thompson, a young man living a normal life, goes mad and kills his mother and his wife. Then he starts shooting at cars on the highway and finally hides in a drive-in and methodically fires at the audience from behind the screen.
Meanwhile, Byron Orlok, the well-known horror movies actor, has planned to present his last movie on the same night at the drive-in where Bobby is hidden.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Targets |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
If this is a criminal POV story...
- killing innocent people
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
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